JARROD Bleijie's father is among more than 120 Sunshine Coast road maintenance workers the State Government plans to send to remote parts of Queensland, a union spokeswoman confirmed last night.

Pieter Bleijie, the father of the Attorney-General and Justice Minister, is among the Coast workers who have been told 200 positions will be lost when most of south-east Queensland road maintenance is privatised later this year.

The Government hopes some workers will quit in the face of the uncertainty that will see at least 40 positions lost on the Coast by November.

An angry union spokeswoman said last night that it estimated 84 of 121 Coast crew jobs would go in the reshuffle.

RoadTek general manager Clinton Huff used a video link at 6.30am yesterday to inform 1500 workers in Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts of the Government's decision.

They were told greater certainty about their positions would not be available until July.

Mr Huff told workers that while he appreciated July "seems like a while off, I assure you that I will keep continually updating you".

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Long-term road asset management contracts will be awarded in September or October this year to cover maintenance except for electrical, traffic lights, bridge and structure inspections, servicing and rehabilitation and line making which is already covered by state-wide contracts.

Potential bidders for the contracts will be given a ministerial briefing next week. RoadTek, a government entity, is not eligible to tender.

Companies will be asked to register expressions of interest from which a short list will be drawn.

Mr Huff acknowledged in his address that in earlier communication with workers, he had told them "potential options would be considered including incorporating a mechanism into new contracts that may allow you to transition to roles within organisations whose tenders are successful".

"Unfortunately, that did not prove to be a viable option,'' he said.

Of the 200 positions to go, some are already vacant.

Civil construction workers have been worst affected with more than 100 positions to be dumped.

Workers with more than 25 years' experience told the Daily yesterday they would not relocate to jobs in Cairns, Cloncurry, Warwick, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Bundaberg or Toowoomba.

Younger workers with children in school are in an equally difficult situation.

A worker who attended the briefing at the Main Roads Jowarra Park depot at the northern end of Steve Irwin Way, said workers were offered no information about their futures if they failed to relocate.

They were told no redundancies would be offered.

"Affected employees should consider other vacant positions that are currently available across the state,'' they were advised in an information pack.

"You will be supported with relocation costs if you take up a RoadTek position elsewhere."

Workers have been promised more information about the changes in July.

And they have been offered the services of an independent professional if they are feeling "anxious or uncertain".

Jobs to go apart from civil construction positions include project management and costing and fleet maintenance although other sectors are also likely to be impacted.

AWU and other unions affected were late yesterday locked in discussions with Main Roads officials.

The Daily's calls to Jarrod Bliejie last night went unanswered.